Charles E. Griffin, Sr.

Mr. Griffin is a Mississippi native who was admitted to the Mississippi Bar in 1988.  Mr. Griffin attended Tougaloo College and the University of Mississippi.  He received his B.A. (1984) and J.D. (1987) (Eastland Scholar) from the University of Mississippi.  

Prior to graduation from law school, Mr. Griffin served as a Congressional Intern in the United States House of Representatives.  After graduation from law school, Mr. Griffin was a Special Assistant Attorney General assigned as Counsel for the Mississippi Department of Energy and Transportation (now a division of the Mississippi Department of Economic Development). 

In addition to his experience in state government, Mr. Griffin has served as a Municipal Prosecutor, Municipal Public Defender, City Attorney and City Court Judge.  Mr. Griffin also served several years as General Counsel for the Mississippi Democratic Party.  He  is a former member of the Board of Directors of Mary Holmes Junior College and North Mississippi Rural Legal Services.  He has served as an instructor on the staff of Jackson State University.   Mr. Griffin was one of the original members, and Co-Chairman, of the Mississippi Bar Association's Law Student Diversity Interaction Program.

Mr. Griffin has represented clients at all Mississippi trial court levels.  He has also represented clients before the Mississippi Supreme Court, Mississippi Court of Appeals, Mississippi's Federal District Courts, Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Election Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Mississippi Gaming Commission, Mississippi Employee Appeals Board, Mississippi Employment Security Commission and a number of other boards and commissions.

In addition to being a member of the Mississippi Bar, Mr. Griffin is a former Chairman of the Gaming Law Section of the Bar.  He is also a member of the National Bar Association, Commercial Law Section of the NBA, American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Law Section of the ABA, Hinds County Bar Association and the Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Committee of DRI, Trial Tactics Committee of DRI, Commercial Litigation Committee of DRI.

Mr. Griffin's practice areas include commercial litigation, insurance, consumer fraud, consumer finance, products liability, premises liability and health care negligence.   Mr. Griffin is routinely asked to serve as lead trial counsel in high stakes civil litigation.  He has been designated as an expert in insurance law and has spoken at American Bar Association - American Law Institute national seminars on the topic of insurance litigation.  Mr. Griffin has also been a nationally recognized speaker on issues of electronic gaming and electronically stored information discovery.

Mr. Griffin has tried numerous cases to verdict and was named one of the top fifty lawyers in Mississippi in the 2006 Southeast Edition of Super Lawyers Magazine.  He was also named in the top ten Mississippi lawyers in the insurance law section of the same publication. 

Howard Brown

Mr. Brown is a graduate of Mississippi State University (B.A. 1992) and the University of Mississippi (J.D.1995).  Mr. Brown is a member of the Mississippi Bar, the American Bar Association, National Bar Association, Magnolia Bar Association, the Hinds County Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Committee of DRI, Trial Tactics Committee of DRI, Commercial Litigation Committee of DRI. 

Mr. Brown's practice includes commercial litigation, general litigation, insurance law, premises liability and criminal law. 

Jacob M. Jenkins
 

Mr. Jenkins is a graduate of East Central Community College, A.A. (1998) and the University of Mississippi, B.A. (2000), J.D. (2003).  Mr. Jenkins is licensed to practice before all of Mississippi's state and federal courts and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.  He is a member of the Mississippi Bar, the American Bar Association, Litigation and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA and the Young Lawyers Division of the ABA. 

Mr. Jenkins is a member of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, Insurance Law Committee of DRI, Trial Tactics Committee of DRI, Commercial Litigation Committee of DRI and the Young Lawyers Committee of DRI.

Mr. Jenkins' practice areas include insurance litigation, personal injury litigation, general commercial litigation and criminal litigation.  Mr. Jenkins has significant criminal trial experience.